This is an analysis of The Road To Avignon by Amy Lowell.

A Minstrel stands on a marble stair,
Blown by the bright wind, debonair;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccBBBD eebbffccBBBD XeaaccccBBBD ccggccccBBBD XXhhXcccBBBD
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,12,
  • Metre: 010110101 11011101 0110101001 0110100101 10101011 111010101 010110101 110100101 1010101 01110101 01010101 1100001 010110101 11110101 011101001 0101101110 011100101 110100101 010100101 110100101 1010101 01110101 01010101 1100001 101100100 10110101 001011101 011100101 01010111 1100100101 0101000101 110010111 1010101 01110101 01010101 1100001 11100101 101101101 111010111 010011101 01011001001 1100101111 010100101 110100101 1010101 01110101 01010101 1100001 11111100 10111001 111101101 0110101101 110100110 0101100101 010100101 101001011 1010101 01110101 01010101 1100001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

to, avignon, and

Anaphora

the

Epiphora

avignon